Crib attachment for beds



(No Model.)

PatentedApr 12, 1892 I `EHigzssas L." I Igfjmjl'z ,i y Jlm) I /I f fUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. WALKER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 472,647, dated April12, 1892.

Application tiled September 2l, 1891. Serial No. 406.392. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, GEORGE D. WALKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Bed Attachment, of which the following is aspecitcation.

This invention relates to bedsteads; and it consists in an attachmentadapted to be connected thereto to hold an infant or for any otherpurpose.

To this end the attachment is constructed substantially as hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, and as illustrated on the accompanyingsheet of drawings, wherein- Figure lis a general perspective view ofthis attachment, showing it in position upon a bedstead. Fig. 2 is acentral transverse section of the attachment alone and on an enlargedscale. Fig. 3 is astill further enlarged perspective detail of thesupporting-leg.

Referring to the said drawings, the letter B designates a bedstead oftheusual or of any preferred construction and to the side board of which myimproved attachment is capable of being connected. The latter comprisesa stout wire frame-work F, preferably of about the shape shown, andwhich has a bottom, a back, and ends, preferably of light wire fabric,fastened in the frame-work, the whole forming a receptacle whose front,or the side next tothe bed, is open.

On the front cross-bar of the frame-work are loosely mounted two hooksH, preferably covered with rubber tubing R. Depending from the rearlower bar of the frame-work is a leg, which comprises a Y-shaped memberY, having eyes I at its upper ends, which are loosely mounted on saidbar and having a longitudinal slot S in its body, a U-shaped lowermember L, loosely embracing and passing below the lower end of the uppermember and having a rivet R passing through the slot therein, and atransverse bolt T, also passing through the lower member and the slot ofthe upper and having a head at one end and a hand-nut N on the other. Achain C connects the leg with the bottom of the receptacle.

In use the hooks take over the side board of a bedstead, the rubbertubing preventing the scratching thereof, and the leg rests on the floorto support the outer side of the receptacle, the chain C preventing theleg swinging out of position. The hand-nut can be turned to loosen thebolt, so as to adjust the length of the leg in a manner which is obviouswhen it is desired to adapt the device to a bed of a different height. y

When not in use, the device can be removed, its leg folded beneath itsbottom, and the whole stored away; or, if preferred, the leg may befolded and the device swung down against the side of the bed. In itsoperative position the bottom of the receptacle stands about or .nearlyiiush with the bedding and may contain any article desired, though it isespecially intended to be of sufficient size to hold an infant, theraised back and ends preventing the infant rolling out onto the licor.

What is claimed as new is- The herein-described attachment forbedsteads, the same comprising a stout wire framework containing wirefabric, forming a bottom, a back, and ends, hooks connected to the frontcross-bar of the frame-work, a leg comprising a Y-shaped member, havingeyes at its upper ends, which are pivoted on the rear cross-bar, andhaving alongitudinal slot in its body, a U-shaped member looselyembracing said body and extending beyond its lower end, a bolt passingthrough a hole in said member and through said slot and a hand-nut onsaid bolt, andachain connecting said leg with the body of theattachment, all as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE D. -WALKER Witnesses:

SARAH J. DAvIs, WM. M. RAYNoLDs.

